Mastering Intelligent Octopus GO for On-Peak Savings with Ohme EV Charger: The Ultimate Setup Guide
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- In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of setting up your Ohme charger with the Intelligent Octopus tariff, enabling you to charge your electric vehicle at on-peak times while enjoying off-peak costs.
🔌 Discover how to maximize your savings and optimize your charging schedule with the Ohme and Intelligent Octopus integration. With this setup, you can take advantage of lower electricity rates during off-peak hours without any hassle.
Here's what you'll learn in this video:
✅ Introduction to Ohme and Intelligent Octopus
✅ Hardware and software requirements
✅ Connecting your Ohme charger to the Intelligent Octopus tariff
✅ Customizing your charging preferences
✅ Monitoring and managing your charging schedule
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Will do, thanks for the information. Seems clear until I hear from others that IO does its own thing. I am both excited and terrified at the same time😮 charger being installed Monday and car arrives January. Thanks for your help 👍
Thanks for the good video, I've asked them to use your referral code by email🙂
Just got my first bill from Octopus since following this video...worked perfectly - 378kws over a month at a total cost of slightly over £28. Benefited from multiple "out of hours" cheap sessions. Thanks for your fantastic video Josh. Keep up the good work!
Great to hear!
I didn't have a clue until i found your video thanks so much
Used your video - followed it step by step and everything went like clockwork. I looked put of the window at around 9.30am this morning and noticed the charging lights on the e;
:ny1 were blue signifying that it was charging. I contacted Octopus just to ensure it really was charging at 7.5p and they confirmed it was. Thanks for this must-have tutorial - greatly appreciated.
Fantastic video I've been using ohme for about 6 months and this is ohme for dummies , everything you need to know is on this well together video
Thank you so much for this video! I’m a first time EV owner and I had an Ohme Pro installed at home. I’ve just switched to Octopus and I wanted to make sure it was set up correctly to smart charge at 7.5p and this video was a god send. Thank you!! 🙏🏻
Fantastic video thank you. I've just bought my first. EV and I'm with octopus energy already. This is very helpful
Just wanted to say a big thank you. Followed you step by step and now working perfectly. Could not have managed this without your great help. Worked perfectly with our New Ohme Pod.
Had my Ohme Charger fitted on Thursday by Octopus. The engineer helped me pair the charger to Octopus but your video drilled down to the nitty gritty settings. Thanks very much, great video 👍👍
Glad I could help
I have the OHME Home pro , it works perfectly for me simple to use and the app is very good simple too set charging times and days , best of luck sorry also OHME themself have a very good after sales service and help.
Does it don't work on android phone.
Thanks Josh. Charged my new EV for the first time last night.Followed all the steps and got the aquired charge before 10pm at 7.5p
Just want to say a huge thankyou for posting this video. I followed your advice to the letter - and learned a lot of new things! much appreciated!!
Your a hero I have been using mine all wrong
Ah, I didn't realise you could charge during normal hours and still be billed off-peak rates. That's handy to know. Thanks for the video. Looking forward to having mine installed as the public chargers are so very expensive at the time of writing.
Really useful video - I'd have been lost without it !!
Glad you liked it!
This is great, exactly what I needed. The pre-11.30 charges were concerning me but it makes sense now. Thank you!
Glad I could help
Thanks so much for this. I due my Model Y next week and wasn’t sure to setup charge from the car or the Ohme charger.
Really useful and comprehensive video thanks. Any chance of cropping the video so it is entirely in portrait mode so the screens are more easily viewable please?
Noted
I've been on IO for months now and only ever had charges between 11.30pm and 5.30am. Never knew I shouldn't have price cap enabled. Thank you
Really helpful !!! Thanks a million !
amazing - exactly what ive been looking for. thanks a million
Many thanks for this video. I will shortly be migrating to an Ohme Home Pro, having had 2 Octopus supplied Wallbox Pulsar Plus chargers fail in the space of a few months. Whilst I have had to keep a bit of pressure on various departments within Octopus, and they have required me to contact Wallbox to verify my chargers were indeed faulty, I consider Octopus have sorted my problems out very honourably. The upshot is Octopus are sending me a Home Pro at a very reasonable cost because of the issues I have had with the Wallbox chargers. Hopefully Home Pros last a lot longer than Pulsar Pluses!
I knew the Ohme app approaches charging quite differently to other EV charging apps. Without this guide I am pretty sure it would have taken me ages to set up the Home Pro so it properly connects to IO. Hopefully, guided by your clear and comprehensive instructions, I won't stumble too many times!
Thank you so much for this video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 greatly appreciated Top Man !
Excellent video, really informative and very useful information for Ohme/Octopus setup.
Thanks so much for spending the time to make this video, it's brilliant! I've just followed your instructions religiously - fingers crossed for tonight!
Glad it helped!
Thanks I like to check around other videos so I can pick up as much information as possible I’m still learning what settings to use as my Tesla battery 🔋 make it more complicated
Great , straight forward explanation. Thanks. This vid should be linked on the octopus EV/tarif web page.
You never know 🤫🤪
Great video thank you.
Great informative video, thanks Josh. I have just swapped from BG to IOG and I think all is set up OK - however, I have a different version of the Ohme app to the video as I am on the "crowdflex" trial so am running v2.0 (1491) version - how do the settings vary between the versions please? Is there a separate video/group for this please? My car did not charge overnight but I thought I had everything set correctly.
Octopus should take a tip from you Joshua and provide better instructions. I've been struggling for weeks with my car sometimes charging and sometimes not. This has sorted everything our for me. Great work. Thanks.
Thank you, great video. All this can be a bit complex 😂 think I've got it now
Tremendous. Thanks
Thank you sir
Great video. Would you still set up like this with a non - api car? I’m currently set up to just charge during default hours but I’d like the added benefit of extra hours.
Hi can you advice if you have the small monitor to view usage , I was trying to find out if it can adjust the kWh when EV charging @ 7.5 kWh and my flexible kWh to give a true costing on the monitor, by the way your video was first class followed it very easily thank you.
Thank you so much for this, exactly what I needed. I'm stuck trying to log into Ohme via Octopus (using a google account) it just white-screens, but I'm now on the right track at least
contact support@ohme-ev.com, say your following the video, they will support you further :)
Great video I followed your instructions perfect 👌
Great to hear!
Thanks so much for the video. I will use the EDF GoElectric tariff for a few days. Currently, I only pay peak time for day and night charging. All these oHME settings are told in the video via I.Octopus and the oHME app also be valid in EDF GoElectric? So, if I make the same settings via oHME, will oHME be able to understand when my smart meter switches to peak and off-peak? Or do I need to activate the "do not charge above x.xx.p/kwh" option on the app? In this way, should I have said only do charge or not at these times? Thanks.
Really useful video Joshua. Thanks. Still not entirely clear why it's important to set the variable "Approve each charge". Anyway - it seems to work OK. Thx again
Good video - thanks. One question your Ohme app has more options than mine shows i.e approval for charge and standby mode. Any ideas?
Thanks for this video it's finally one video what explainit step by step everything easy to understand.
That's what I needed.
I set charger as in viceo and it start charging straight a way every time I plug it in.
On Octopus app I got only information that Octopus is in Beta and go to OHME app what don't show any schedules of charge.
(3pin ohme home charger)
Any idea what am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any sugestion
hi just used video to set up,very easy thanks.. just a quickie what happens if my car cannot charge to target within 6 hrs,do i only get 6hrs of charge
Thankyou that was so helpful. I'm having 1 slight problem. My ohme app is refusing to allow my car to charge iver 80%. I have a Audi Etron which is API integrated. I have made sure that i have changed the settings on the car to allow for 100% but having no luck at the moment. Wandering if I'm doing something incorrectly
Brilliant video, wish Ohme went in to as much detail on a video. I messaged them about some issues I was having several days ago and didnt even get an acknowledgement. One question I have outstanding is, my car (EQC) is not API based and so when the battery is full, the car itself stops the charge. The Ohme app though, still continues to run like its adding more charge to the car (even if the cable has been removed). I can't do anything with the charge in the app from this point on, like pause or stop the charge. Is this normal? Thanks
Good video & did my first succesfull charge last night on intelligent with ohme ....cost on ihd is saying double what the cost was ....this is normal ? Thanks
Really useful information, I discovered I had my Ohme incorrectly configured.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video many thanks. I followed to the letter as I have a Tesla too. I noticed my says “Smart Charging “ but instead of IO below it (called charge schedule the same), it says “Session Specific Rule”. Octopus have confirmed I am on the right tariff, so does this matter? If so, how do I change please 😉
Ater 3 weeks of ohmes ripping me off as I'd set my octopus intelligent tarrff wrong in the ohmes app and was charged £16.42 for an 8 hrs & 42 min charge.I believed i was on a 7.5p off peak tarrif when infact it depends on what area you live in.Mine is actually 9p off peak.Almost fell off my chair as I thought I'd set everything up correctly.well fingers crossed as I'm on charge at the mo after following this video and it dose state its charging at off peak.So thank you for sharing this usfull hack.
Is this the same for the Ohme epod? I think I need to reset everything and start again. Can’t bump charge on the Octopus app, I think Ohme app is taking charge. But also can’t get on Intelligent Go on Ohme app, I’ve had to enter a manual schedule. So seems like it’s all set up wrong. How do I reset the Ohme app to start again? I know how to do it on Octopus and start again (didn’t work). Many thanks for trying to help everyone!
Thanks Josh! Is there a way to see your mapped slot/sessions? Occasionally, it doesn't show or pops up very briefly and I can't seem to find it again (I have approve on). Other setups with IO, they can see it in on the octopus app. Thanks
I've mentioned this to Ohme and they know it's an issue so should appear in a future version of the app. Alternatively, you have to try and figure it out from the graph, which is pretty difficult.
What does "old style type 2 to type 2 cable devices" mean at 0:50 ? How would I know? I assume I'm not, as the Ohme Home Pro has type 2 on one end only?
Hi there - an update to my last comment - set up and account activated. I can see that Ohme app is integrated with Octopus as my charge start is delayed (which to my mind means that it's avoiding peak charge time). At present, the car is plugged in, but totally switched off. The charger is locked in position. Can I assume that the car will start charging without any further input from me? Do I need to set the car settings or the MG App in any way?
Hi, thanks for the video really useful. How are you charging the batteries during the day when the car charging at cheap rate
I'll be doing a video soon which should explain it its a common thing it seems so best do a video to explain it all
Thanks for this Joshua, very helpful as we have just got an EV and Ohme charger and switched to IGo. The only thing I need to work out is how to get a Home Assistant automation to limit my home battery discharge when and Ohme charger slot is active so it doesn’t drain the battery (or perhaps set it to charge to 100% at the same time)
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Josh, thank you for this, very very helpful! One question though, we have two EV’s and I’m struggling to work out how to manage this with this setup. I don’t mind not benefitting from the extra slots for the second car, but I can’t work out how to even charge it and schedule just for those off peak hours with out a lot of messing about. Any help appreciated! Thanks again
Set the second car to always charge 23:30-05:30 and if you get extra slots then just boost that vehicle for the large extra slots.
I have been live on octopus for 5 days....using Ovo smart meters and have an Ohme Home Pro. How long should I wait before doing this switching process to Oct.Intell. for it all to work OK?
I'm receiving data on my Octopus App a day at a time for both electricity and gas.
QUESTION:
Thanks for this video I was actually trying to make everything up by. Guesswork before this.
when mine was charging for the first time yesterday, the Ohme pro unit only said charged speed was 3.7kw?
Will that be the case for the Intelligent Go tariff? Where the rate causes the charge to drip. As I have followed the setting in your video too.
Octopus control not only the times that your Ohme EVSE charges your car, but also the rate at which it charges too in order to help balance the grid. You may see the charge rate dip as low as 10A or even 6A periodically, but it will always aim to meet the required charge target at the set time.
However, there are other anomalies which can cause the device to charge at 3.7kW (16A) such as an incorrectly installed (or missing) CT clamp as part of the physical installation.
Hi Joshua, great video.
Just ordered the Ohme Pro. I have one question please.
On Intelligent Octopus, if my battery is empty and i would like 100%, which will take 10 hours to charge, what would be the setting to only charge during cheap rate over 2 nights. As I will not necessarily require 100% by the first morning.
Would the example you setup do this, or would it automatically add peak rate charging to ensure the battery was 100% by the next day?
Many thanks for your help.
If your SOC was at 0% - You tell Ohme when you would want 100% by, EG 9am, you plug in at 10pm(day before) if the grid is green, It'll start charging right away or in a little bit. Your car can charge any time and it will be at off-peak, ATM, it seems ppl are getting slots stright away but can change, but the basis is. Set Target SOC/Time, Plug in as soon as you can, and it'll try and hit or SOC if it can't it'll tell you or pre-map to the clostest possible
Hi, I am trying to get App for intelligent octapus saving. So I am not getting same page as u showing on the video. Could u explain to me. Please
When smart charging, mine sometimes says ADJUSTED. Am I still being charged at off peak rate?
Very helpful video. I’ve just bought my first EV Q4 etron 45. Having some issues as there's so much conflicting information. From what I can gather, everything is done through Ohme and not Audi or octopus but the Audi MMI system tells me set up a home location for charging and set a charging timer. First charge last night set for between 11.30 and 5.30 (as per the lower rate) but I commenced the charge at 1am when I got home. Noticed that my smart meter was in overdrive at 9am this morning - showing £7 (normally £1.30sh for electricity overnight) Is it the case that the smart meter hasn’t been updated or “believes” I’m being charged at the higher rate. The Ohme app confirms my charge was at 7.5p and charged £1.67. Slightly concerned about the smart meter and the Audi MMI issue. Any suggestions / advice would be appreciated
I have noticed this as well. Ohme app says charge is at 7.5 but when I check my smart meter in-home display shows a high charge rate; it doesn't matter if charge my EV at night (11:30pm - 05:30am) or during the day. I asked the author of the video but he doesn't reply to my query. Please, let me know if you get any answer. All the best.
@@Cubacharlie14
@jonesboy201 Had same issues.contacted octopus and was told to totally ignore the smart display monitor in your home as they cannot update.They advised me to order a free cube monitor from themselves which update every 30 mins .I'm still waiting as there's a backlog.
Why is the approval needed? Is that just so you can see the charging slots in the app (and not have to check the notification)?
Is it off peak after the charging graph has reached the top? As the charging slot was very long in your example.
You can have that option unticked, if your not bothered about knoing the slots yes. for the video, i enabled it for better view on hte 90% of users. personally, i don't have it on as i'e got a CT Clamp on the EV and triggers over stuff to turn on etc while off-peak
How does it work if you have batteries from give energy
Thank you Joshua, very useful video. I have EQC, non API, and I can’t see anything on octopus app? Should I keep the setting as you recommended on Ohme App?
How you mean?
I mean that in EQC there is a control of battery charge, how much percentage need to increase by certain day/time. I have deactivated the day/time but I need to select at least percentage on there. If I select different percentage on ohme, will ohme supersede EQC plan? Many Thanks
Hi mate, this was an absolutely fantastic video. Thank you so much. I have one question - my smart meter digital meter reading screen is still showing a high cost when the car is charging outside of the peak hours. Does this get amended for your bill on octopus’ end? Thanks again!
Hi, do you mean your IHD? - In-home display? - This will always show at a high cost, as the IHDs don't work with the smart tariffs. On your bill, it will be at off-peak.
On Ohme, it may show £5-15£ to charge as explained in the video it will update once you unplug.
So glad I found your Video, excellent, I’m getting my ETron at the end of this month (November 23). The whole charging/tariff thing is confusing but I’m saving this for when I get my car. Thank you
I was trying to get a answer on the same question contacted Octopus direct waiting reply , but guess it’s not that smart to display the 7.5p rate , the OHME charger app I use tells you correct cost at end of charge. Will post reply from Octopus once I get a reply
Hey mate just one question I know they say cheap rate is half 11 to 5.30 in the morning but if I plus my ohme charger at 5pm it will start charging straight away and always displays smart charging and when I look at the price when it finished it always displayed the cheap rate but it just seems to good to be true ?
You can verify the amount you were charged in the Ohme app under the section showing charging history.
Hi my Citroen ec4 isn’t API connected to octopus which is why I got the ohme epod. When setting the charge level my screen shows target like yours? I thought only api cars show target?
Also when selecting the charge target is that how much you want to add or how much you want it to get to?
Great video thanks
When I clicked on change target during the charge session it had departure time set at 16.58 the following day when I set the individual schedule as you said for a departure time of 5am.. any ideas
Why do I have to enable the 'Approve each plug-in' toggle?
Thanks for this, tried to work through Octopus tutorial, got there eventually, or so I thought, looking at it, it didn't look right, looking at this I now know it isn't right , Chances are I have been getting charged peak rate :(
Has the Octopus Energy app changed?. Scrolling down and I can't see 'explore our lab'.
Hi Joshua, thanks a lot for the video; great job mate. I am now an optopus customer using your link. Hopefully, we get soon the £100 shared. Do I have to pre-condition the vehicle from within or I do it as well from the vehicle app?
I was wondering that as well ? Did you find out. I was thinking from the vehicle app, as you said.
@@billyb23You can do it either way. I won't alter off/on peak rate. The point is not to precondition from the Ohme app.
Hey mate, I’ve just got Ohme charger and set up Octopus intelligent go and did everything in the video set my schedule to departure at 5:30 am, but when I look on the Ohme app the departure time keeps saying 10 am only when I put the car in charge It does say smart charging, so will not get charged peak rate?
hi, Am not sure your question? - If you leave at 5.30am, you need to set it to 5.30am. if it's going back to a later time, you've not unticked all the options.
Should the "Don't charge above 7.50p/kWh" be on? I put that on and it stopped the charging even though it was ok before. Time was 15:00
Thanks
Off IOG controls the charge.
just used video well done exellent..what happens if my target takes longer than 6hrs of charge
I guess it will keep charging at 7.5 until you stop charging or reach the target.
That’s amazing! Shall we connect?
If you car charges to full outside the 11:30-05:30 slot do you continue to get cheap rate even though the car is no longer charging?
I've checked my last bill forensically and yes, if it completes its charging before 23:30 you still get the cheap rate at 23:30 until 05:30.
I can't get the test charge to work, can't get passed this stage for some reason
At 1:55 I do not have "click yes to accept", I have "Tariff switch started! Complete setup to finish tariff switch", so I cannot accept anything.
Thanks for this. Wonder if you/anyone can answer quick question..if my KONA (no api) is at 90% so only needing 10% more, but I put in to add 60% & plug in at maybe 6pm, would the smart charging with octopus maybe start at 6ish, plan a schedule to finish at 05:30, and give me lots of extra cheap hours that evening? Or would it know when it’s got to 100%, for arguments sake by 7pm, then cancel the charge for the rest of that night coz battery is already full? Not easy for me to explain, but I know what I mean!!😂
Hi, If you car is alreday at 90%, then you would only need a target of +10%. If you do more then your car can accept, it will fault out and may charge at peak rate.
The longer you allow your car to be plugged in, more green it is
You only get the 7.5p cheap charging if car is charging, energy flowing into it, You you try and tick the system, it will know.
Now that I have my charger and vehicle, I see that this doesn't work as octopus will charge the use of the charger at on peak rate if use out of off peak hours. I can see in my IHD (In Home Display) how Octopus charges the use of Ohme Home Pro Charger which is at 29p (on peak rate). So, I don't see the point of this video.
clearly not watched the video fully.
@@joshuab9858, l did follow all the step in the video as you explained but I see that in Ohme app I get charged 7.5p kwh but when I calculate the kwh consumed by Ohme Home Pro Charger while charging, Octopus charges at peak rate. Do you get my point?
Finally, a decent video. So helpful.
Couple of questions:
Can you reset the figures for the cost. I live in a house where we share bills. I want to be able to pay exactly what I’ve spent charging month by month.
Stuck at the first step, my app doesn’t show “Explore our lab” anywhere
intrested how you charge house batteries at the lower rate out side the intelligent hours
use a tool called Home Assistant, CT Clamp on EV CU, after 2mins of load, trigger HA to start force grid charging on invetor., then once car stops charging, stop charging on batteries. otherwise, always charge from 11.30pm to 5.30am as that is cheap reguardless
@@Joshie120 thanks Josh, was wondering how this worked, I assume that you would need the car to be plugged in, to trigger home battery. We’re not currently on OI, but how often is the day boosted? (Daily, weekly, monthly, never?) - ps just subscribed
The more manual option I do is pause the battery before I plug in my Ohme type 2 (as it starts drawing charge right away) see what schedule I get, if I get an instant on peak slot put the battery into charge mode and set an alarm on my phone to remind me to switch it back to normal scheduled charge at the end of the schedule. For example on Saturday I charged from 62-80% between 3:15pm-4:45pm and also managed to add just over 3kWh to the house battery (while also doing some oven cooking and a wash while the car was in charge). Looking to do the HA route as Josh mentions above, but until then you can manage it yourself for a few clicks of an app (in my case GivEnergy) to mimic automation and maximise your IO on peak gains.
I’ve been driving EVs for 5 years and have been on Go / Go faster and now IO and i’d previously got into the habit of plunging in at 20-30% and then charging up to 80%. In the last few weeks every time I’ve plugged in I’m getting instant slots so I’m changing my behaviour to do more PHEV like daily / every other day charges of 15-20% and plug in around the time I would have other house loads on to maximise the home battery utilisation in a given day
@@shikoku14 Thanks for explaining that very clearly. I always assumed that charging was done for full 30minute slots but does your reply mean that charging is actually done minute by minute so IO detects when the car starts charging and when it stops charging (or reaches 100%) precisely to the minute. So outside that period during the 30 minute slots, it would be charged at the standard rate for the time of day. I too have home batteries and was wondering how to get a cheap boost later in the day during the cold winter period when they will probably fully discharge by early evening. If I change the default charging rate of the Ohme from 32A down to 16A, presumably this would double the time available for the home battery charge (assuming a smart charge schedule slot becomes available)?
@@rogermarchant9793 I think you are still correct on the 30 minute slots, my take is the Ohme gives you the exact time slot for charging, but you will get +/- either side of that to fit the nearest 30 min slots. Which will explain why it still charges beyond the slot sometimes for 10-15 minutes. What also happens is that the charger for me doesn't always hold 30A (the max of the type2-2) it seems within the window this can drop down to 10A or 16A to fit the window, so it doesn't do full charge at 7kWh for the whole time, if not needed. I'm not sure how it would treat one derated at 16A only.
Can I turn off the authorise charge button once I'm set up?
Yes you can, I have done this on mine
Got a email from octopus to tell me to do a test charge on my car ???
Considering how poor the Ohme instructions are and how frustrating their CS is, I’m astonished this video has only 250 likes from nearly 20k views. I’ve just moved to an Ohme after my car manufacturer closed its API access, Ohme calculates the charging slots way way quicker. My only question, If the times change do you get a pop-up or do you just have to check the dashboard?
Homie LOL
I thought I was the only one who found it funny 🤣
6 weeks and 20+ angry emails of Octopus ignoring all my request for help or (in the 3 replies I did get) giving me misinformation I should have viewed this first. They are truly a useless organisation - I hate Octopus. Nevethelss they are cheapests option. My year with Go was fine - but this switch request has just been all pain.
I have a Rolec dumb charger put in 2016 that is not listed . Not sure this will work. I don't car eafter fancy scheduling. ..but just wnat the cheap rates form 11.30 to 5.30 as I have home storage battery to charge at night. I am assuming this can be charged at the cheap rate?
Isn’t it about time Hyundai was compatible, KIA EV6 is and it’s the same car as the Ioniq 5.
Can only assume it’s due to a deal , maybe a kickback?
I have a Kona on a 21 plate which is compatible with a type 2 connector which I have on my OHME 😊
@@sm8202 sure it works via OHME charger but not direct with car. Not worth spending several hundred pounds on a new charger to save a few quid each year.
It Ohme.. not Homey 🤣
What a lot of messing about, its a joke. Just jump on the simple tariff with Octopus then you dont need any of that
The point of using this tariff is that it gives you extra low cost charging slots outside of the usual 23:30 to 05:30 period. I've had some quite generous extra hours last month as early as 6pm.
You get a dynamic schedule anyway. You don't necessarily need a remade schedule if .Api is connected once plugged in change the target to what time and percentage you want. Its the Scedule that confuses people and it really shouldn't. Providing you are all logged in with the api's with no schedules set just plug in and select change target to suit you then you'll get your dynamic charge. I've tested it over 3 months and always had off peak charging.
I think its pronounced Ohme isn't it?
I did ask the team but they said Ohme, Home it doesn't matter can get confusing though lol